Validating Automated Measures of Text Complexity          下载免费PDF全文

Kathleen M. Sheehan 《Educational Measurement》2017,36(4):35-43

Automated text complexity measurement tools (also called readability metrics) have been proposed as a way to help teachers, textbook publishers, and assessment developers select texts that are closely aligned with the new, more demanding text complexity expectations specified in the Common Core State Standards. This article examines a critical element of the validity arguments presented in support of proposed metrics: the claim that criterion text complexity scores developed from students’ responses to reading comprehension test items are reflective of the difficulties actually experienced by students while reading. Evidence that fails to support this assertion is examined, and implications relative to the goal of obtaining valid, unbiased evidence about the measurement properties of proposed readability metrics are discussed.  相似文献   

Sons of liberty and their silenced sisters: “Ladies' Magazines” and women's self‐representation in the early republic     

Amy Beth Aronson 《Media History》2013,19(1-2):17-32

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Positive behavior support in secondary schools: a practical guide     

Beth Cartwright 《Educational Psychology in Practice》2013,29(2):216-217

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Priorities for publishing research: A multidisciplinary agenda     

Beth Luey 《Publishing Research Quarterly》1994,10(3):31-35

Publishing research, to be effective and useful, requires the participation of scholars and practitioners in many disciplines: literature, history, sociology, psychology, technology, economics, and education. Examples are drawn from trade and scholarly publishing. The results of such research can benefit all segments of the industry. Beth Luey is director, Scholarly Publishing Program at Arizona State University and have been editor of Publishing Research Quarterly since 1988. She is the author of several books, includingHandbook for Academic Authors.  相似文献   

Are fame and fortune the kiss of death?     

Beth Luey 《Publishing Research Quarterly》2003,19(3):34-44

Trade and scholarly publishers often urge academic authors to reach out to an audience beyond their peers. One obstacle to expanding the audience for new scholarship is the widespread belief that it requires "pandering to the lowest common denominator," or "dumbing down," and that the scholar turned "popularizer" will be shunned by the academy. Where did this academic myth come from? Is there any truth behind it? What can an editor say to the academic author who fears that publishing success will spell the end of academic respectability?  相似文献   

Gregory M. Pfitzer: Popular History and the Literary Marketplace, 1840–1920     

Beth Luey 《Publishing Research Quarterly》2009,25(3):193-194

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Designs of duty: Using exhibits to build partnerships     

Beth Hildebrandt  Stacey Knight-Davis  Andrew Cougill 《College & Undergraduate Libraries》2019,26(1):52-65

Exhibits in academic libraries are drivers for outreach. Many exhibit programs center on national traveling exhibits often because they are well done and already completed. The only input necessary from a host institution is space and a small amount of time to put up the exhibit. Locally made exhibits create a stronger connection to the community, but they are more expensive in terms of time for research and creating the exhibit, and money for printing. The adage “many hands make light work” accurately describes the local exhibit creation process when multiple groups come together. Partnerships between libraries to share exhibit content broaden the Pool of exhibit possibilities and raise awareness of exhibit programs for all partners. In this case, an exhibit at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that focused on veterans and their service-related tattoos was picked up and built upon by Eastern Illinois University. This case study covers multiple libraries, both academic and public, sharing an exhibit about veterans and their tattoos, providing outreach opportunities to veteran and service member populations at all participating libraries  相似文献   

Teaching Neoliberalism,in the Context of Corporate Reform,in the Undergraduate Social Foundations Classroom     

Sandra Beth Schneider 《Educational Studies A Journal of the American Educational Studies Association》2015,51(4):284-299

This article presents an autoethnographic and theoretical reflection on my justifications for the use of neoliberal deconstruction in the undergraduate social foundations classroom. I engage the reader in a discussion concerning the need to make neoliberal agendas, as they pertain to corporate reform in education, salient to students. Further, I argue that cognitive apprenticeship is necessary to “help students map their own dialectics into thinking about their future practice as educators.” I share the integral elements of the cognitive apprenticeship undertaken in the course: “three prongs of foundational thinking,” four key conceptual frames for neoliberal deconstruction and associated foundational readings, and two representative assignments to illustrate the type of scaffolding offered to help education students move past naïve and complacent interpretations of current corporate reforms. My reflections rely on my teaching experience, in-class observations, assessment of students' work, and overarching themes in how students' have responded to the topic.  相似文献   

Felson’s Review of “Breaking Rules”: Smoke and Mirrors     

Per-Olof H. Wikström  Kyle Treiber  Beth Hardie  Dietrich Oberwittler 《Journal of Criminal Justice Education》2015,26(1):115-116

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Storylines in public news media about mathematics education and minoritized students     

Andersson  Annica  Ryan  Ulrika  Herbel-Eisenmann  Beth  Huru  Hilja Lisa  Wagner  David 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2022,111(2):323-343

Educational Studies in Mathematics - Public media both reflects and shapes societal perceptions and attitudes. Teachers and others around students in mathematics classrooms have expectations for...  相似文献